PLAYED AT: FirstOntario CentreDate: Dec 22, 2017GAME NOTES: CANADA CLOSES PRE-WJC PLAY WITH WIN OVER SWISS
JASON LA ROSE
HAMILTON, Ont. - Dillon Dubé (Cochrane, Alta./Kelowna, WHL) and Tyler Steenbergen (Sylvan Lake, Alta./Swift Current, WHL) scored two goals apiece, and Canada's National Junior Team finished its pre-tournament schedule with an 8-1 win over Switzerland on Friday night.
The Canadians flexed their offensive muscle in exhibition play, outscoring the Swiss and Czechs by a combined 17-1.
They were just as dominant on the defensive end at the FirstOntario Centre, holding Switzerland to just seven shots on goal, and zero in the final 29 minutes. Canada had a 61-7 advantage in shots overall.
The scoring started early, with Jordan Kyrou (Toronto, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) finishing a gorgeous feed from Josh Mahura (St. Albert, Alta./Regina, WHL) to put the Canadians up 1-0 just 3:43 after the puck dropped.
Steenbergen doubled the lead less than four minutes later, finding a loose puck in the crease and knocking it past Swiss goaltender Philip Wüthrich.
Canada made a goaltending change to start the second period; Colton Point (North Bay, Ont./Colgate University, ECAC) replaced Carter Hart (Sherwood Park, Alta./Everett, WHL), who made three saves in the opening 20 minutes and did not allow a goal in his four periods of pre-tournament work.
Dubé, who missed the exhibition opener on Wednesday, got on the scoreboard at the 2:39 mark of the second, one-timing a centering pass from Sam Steel (Sherwood Park, Alta./Regina, WHL) for a three-goal advantage.
Guillaume Maillard got the Swiss on the board at 4:52, batting the puck up and over Point, but Jake Bean (Calgary, Alta./Calgary, WHL) beat Wüthrich over the glove at 8:15, Drake Batherson (New Minas, N.S./Cape Breton, QMJHL) tipped in a Mahura shot at 10:34 and Dubé snapped home his second of the period at 18:08 to send Canada to the intermission up 6-1.
Matteo Ritz replaced Wüthrich to start the third period, but the Canadians added two goals in rapid succession to finish the scoring; Steenbergen got his second at 7:35 before Kale Clague (Lloydminster, Alta./Brandon, WHL) went end-to-end just 1:34 later.
The Canadians are off to Buffalo for the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship; they open the tournament against Finland on Boxing Day (4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Switzerland

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Point, Colton

G

31

Hart, Carter

2

Bean, Jake

3

Timmins, Conor

5

Mahura, Josh

6

Foote, Cal

7

Makar, Cale

8

Fabbro, Dante

9

Dubé, Dillon

10

Clague, Kale

11

Gadjovich, Jonah

12

Katchouk, Boris

14

Comtois, Maxime

16

Raddysh, Taylor

17

Steenbergen, Tyler

19

Batherson, Drake

20

McLeod, Michael

21

Howden, Brett

23

Steel, Sam

24

Formenton, Alex

25

Kyrou, Jordan

27

Thomas, Robert

28

Mete, Victor

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

SWITZERLAND LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Ritz, Matteo

G

29

Wüthrich, Philip

G

30

Schmid, Akira

2

Gerber, Colin

3

Cavalleri, Marco

4

Le Coultre, Simon

6

Stadler, Livio

8

Barandun , Davyd

9

Muller, Nicolas

10

Maillard, Guillaume

11

Miranda, Marco

12

Geisser, Tobias

13

Sigrist, Justin

14

Jäger, Ken

15

Kohler, Gilian

16

Gross, Nico

17

Riva, Elia

18

Nussbaumer, Valentin

19

Simic, Axel

20

Leuenberger, Sven

21

Berni, Tim

22

Eggenberger, Nando

23

Kurashev, Philipp

24

Heim, André

27

Egli, Dominik

28

Rohrbach, Dario

SWITZERLAND PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

2nd

22

2:00

Slashing

6:10

1

6:10

8:10

2nd

16

2:00

High-Sticking

14:48

1

14:48

16:48

3rd

16

2:00

Slashing

4:21

1

4:21

6:21

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

3:43

25-5-9

1st

7:33

17-20-7

2nd

2:39

9-23-25

2nd

8:14

2-19-12

2nd

10:34

19-5-20

2nd

18:07

9-25-23

3rd

7:36

17-20-11

3rd

9:09

10-7-27

SWITZERLAND Goals

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

4:52

10-18

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

CANADA

0 / 3

SWITZERLAND

0 / 0

PENALTY SUMMARY

CANADA

0 min / 0 inf

SWITZERLAND

6 min / 3 inf

POINT SUMMARY

CANADA

8 G + 16 A = 24 Pts

SWITZERLAND

1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

CANADA

2

4

2

8

SWITZERLAND

0

1

0

1

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

CAN - Hart (20:00) (W)

3

0

0

3

/0:00

1st/20:00

CAN - Point (40:00)

0

3

0

3

/0:00

3rd/20:00

SUI - Wüthrich (40:00) (L)

15

21

0

36

/0:00

2nd/20:00

SUI - Ritz (20:00)

0

0

17

17

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

-

End:

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship - Pre-tournament Game Report.